WITH A SHIFT IN SOUTH MONTEREY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT. EFFECTIVE TOMORROW, GREENFIELD IS ENDING IT'S SHARED POLICE POLICE CHIEF SERVICES WITH THE CITY OF SOLEDAD. THE CITY COUNCIL MADE THE DECISION LAST NIGHT. AND WILL BEGIN LOOKING FOR ITS OWN POLICE CHIEF IMMEDIATELY. ACTION NEWS REPORTER BRITTANY NIELSEN HAS MORE FROM OUR SALINAS NEWSROOM. ### THE CHANGE IS GOING INTO EFFECT TOMORROW... IT'S A DISCUSSION THAT HAS BEEN ONGOING IN THE GREENFIELD-SOLEDAD COMMUNITY FOR MONTHS ... BUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS MADE A FINAL DECISION. IN A 4-1 VOTE... GREENFIELD CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ENDED SHARED POLICE CHIEF SERVICES WITH SOLEDAD ... AFTER AN 18 MONTH RUN. 6:25 we never had a chance to see where it will lead. THE DECISION IS PART OF A POLICE CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH GREENFIELDS OWN POLICE UNION... WHICH ALSO STATES SOLEDAD WILL IMMEDIATELY BEGIN LOOKING FOR ITS OWN TOP COP. 5:50 the disappointment is, why not build on that 5:50 we've been successful, why are we stopping here 5:53 WITH HIS SOON TO BE OBSOLETE GREENFIELD UNIFORM AND BADGE HANGING ON THE BACK OF HIS OFFICE DOOR... POLICE CHIEF ERIC SILLS WILL NOW GO BACK TO FOCUSING 100% OF HIS ATTENTION ON SOLEDAD... BUT HE SAYS IT'S NOT WHAT HE'D PREFER. 6:05 do you think this is a good idea? Personally no. I think we were on track, and I think the development and sharing of resources is the future of where policing is going ot go especially in small rural areas 6:17 STATISTICS SHOW BURGLARIES HAVE BEEN CUT NEARLY IN HALF IN THE LAST YEAR... ASSAULTS ARE DOWN 15% ... ROBBERIES ARE DOWN FIVE PERCENT... AND MAYBE THE BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: 4:50 Gf, we've had zero homicides for the year, we haven't had a homicide in 10 months there. 4:54 that's unprecendented 4:58 that hasn't occurred in years. GREENFIELD CITY MANAGER SUSAN STANTON AND GREENFIELD MAYOR JOHN HUERTA WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT AFTER HOURS THURSDAY NIGHT. ### GREENFIELD IS REPORTED TO SWEAR IN AN INTERIM CHIEF VERY QUICKLY.... AND BEGIN IT'S SEARCH AND SCREENING FOR A PERMANENT CHIEF IMMEDIATELY. FOR THE PAST 18 MONTHS, THE CITIES OF SOLEDAD AND GREENFIELD HAVE SHARED THE COST OF CHIEF SILLS' BENEFITS AND SALARIES, THAT IS NOW A COST THAT WILL BE ABSORBED ENTIRELY BY THE CITY OF SOLEDAD. ### A SUSPICIOUS